Capucine

Actor

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Also Known As

Germaine Lefebvre

Birth Place

France

Born

January 06, 1933

Died

March 17, 1990

Cause of Death

Suicide

Biography

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Former top fashion model for Parisian haute couture houses who came to Hollywood in the late 1950s, studied acting and made her Hollywood screen debut as a Russian princess in "Song Without End" (1960). Capucine's patrician beauty leant an aloof elegance to such Hollywood films as "A Walk on the Wild Side" (1962), "The Pink Panther" (1964), in which she played Inspector Clouseau's treach...

Filmography

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Blue Blood (1988)

I Miei Primi Quarant'Anni (1987)

Le Foto di Gioia (1987)

De l'enfer a la Victoire (1984)

Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

Balles Perdues (1983)

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What's New, Pussycat? (1965) -- (Movie Clip) You Are Serious Adulterer!

Curse Of The Pink Panther, The (1983) -- (Movie Clip) My Somewhat Checkered Career

Biography

Former top fashion model for Parisian haute couture houses who came to Hollywood in the late 1950s, studied acting and made her Hollywood screen debut as a Russian princess in "Song Without End" (1960). Capucine's patrician beauty leant an aloof elegance to such Hollywood films as "A Walk on the Wild Side" (1962), "The Pink Panther" (1964), in which she played Inspector Clouseau's treacherous wife, and "What's New Pussycat?" (1965) and later helped to make her an international star in films by Federico Fellini, Joseph Mankiewicz and Francois Truffaut. She committed suicide in 1990.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Blue Blood (1988)

I Miei Primi Quarant'Anni (1987)

Le Foto di Gioia (1987)

De l'enfer a la Victoire (1984)

Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

Balles Perdues (1983)

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

Jaguar Lives! (1979)

Da Dunkerque alla Vittoria (1979)

Arabian Adventure (1979)

Ritratto di Borghesia in Nero (1978)

Per Amore (1976)

L'Incorrigible (1975)

Las Crueles (1971)

Fellini Satyricon (1970)

Fraulein Doktor (1969)

The Queens (1968)

The Honey Pot (1967)

Princess Dominique

What's New Pussycat? (1965)

Renée Lefèbvre

The 7th Dawn (1964)

The Pink Panther (1964)

Simone Clouseau

Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

The Lion (1962)

North to Alaska (1960)

Angel [Michelle Bonet]

Song Without End (1960)

Princess Carolyne [Wittgenstein]

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Life Events

1949

Film debut at 16 in a bit part in Jacques Becker's "Les Rendez-Vous De Juillet"; also appeared in Marcel Achard's "La Valse de Paris" (1950)

1960

First US film, "Song Without End"

1981

Bequeathed $50,000 in William Holden's will

Videos

What's New, Pussycat? (1965) -- (Movie Clip) You Are Serious Adulterer! Tom Jones with the hit title tune by Burt Bacharach and Hal David over the gaudy credits, and an opening scene that sounds like a surviving piece of Woody Allen’s original screenplay, Peter Sellers as shrink Fassbender, at war with his burly wife (Eddra Gale), opening What’s New, Pussycat?, 1965.

Curse Of The Pink Panther, The (1983) -- (Movie Clip) My Somewhat Checkered Career Much of David Niven's performance in his last film, his fading voice later dubbed by Rich Little, as retired thief Sir Charles, Capucine now his wife, Robert Wagner their son and Ted Wass as writer-director Blake Edwards' attempted Peter Sellers substitute, Sergeant Sleigh, in The Curse Of The Pink Panther, 1983.

Pink Panther, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Meanwhile In Paris Capucine, her character not introduced, flees a crime scene, followed by the first appearance of Peter Sellers, as "Inspector Clouseau," director Blake Edwards framing the story in the first film in the series, The Pink Panther, 1964.

7th Dawn, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Our Yellow Friends Malaysian plantation owner Ferris (William Holden), American veteran of the local WWII conflict with Japan and friend of the current rebels, receives nervous colonial Brits (Sydney Tafler, Allan Cuthbertson), his significant other Dhana (Capucine) in the wings, in The 7th Dawn, 1964.

7th Dawn, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Attention All Guerrilla Forces! Director Lewis Gilbert shatters the calm of the Malaysian jungle, William Holden, Capucine and Tetsuro Tamba among the Allied fighters wrapping up grisly duties at the moment WWII ends, then meeting Brit Trumpey (Michael Goodliffe), opening The 7th Dawn, 1964.

Song Without End (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Come Play For The Czar Like most of the film probably directed by George Cukor (who replaced the late Charles Vidor), Lizst (Dirk Bogarde) in his Paris comeback meets Princess Carolyne (Capucine) and her husband Prince Nicholas (Ivan Desny), in the Columbia bio-pic Song Without End, 1960.

Song Without End (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Is This The Hungarian? Finally performing at court in St. Petersburg ostensibly for Czar Alexander II (Hans Unterkirchner), Liszt (Dirk Bogarde) is really there to see Princess Carolyne (Capucine), who intervenes after he insults the monarch, in Song Without End, 1960.

Walk On The Wild Side -- (Movie Clip) Open, Black Cat Memorable opening, Edward Dmytryk directing, titles by Saul Bass, music by Elmer Bernstein, from Walk On The Wild Side, 1962, from the Nelson Algren novel, starring Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda and Barabara Stanwyck.

Walk On The Wild Side -- (Movie Clip) You Gotta Learn New Orleans madame Jo (Barbara Stanwyck) rousing Hallie (Capucine, her first scene) from bed, as enforcer Oliver (Richard Rust) visits brothel employee Precious (Joanna Moore), in Walk On The Wild Side, 1962, from the Nelson Algren novel.

Pink Panther, The - (Original Trailer) Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) tries to stop a notorious jewel thief from nabbing a princess's diamond in The Pink Panther (1964), directed by Blake Edwards.

Honey Pot, The - (Original Trailer) Rex Harrison plays a millionaire out to fleece former lovers in The Honey Pot (1967) from the writer/director of All About Eve.

Lion, The - (Original Trailer) A man visits his daughter on an African wildlife reserve to make sure she's not growing up too wild in The Lion (1962).

North to Alaska - (Original Trailer) Two prospectors (John Wayne, Stewart Granger) cope with woman problems and a con man in North to Alaska (1960).

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